This Smeg dishwasher is by no means the cheapest out there but for reliability and results I do think it is up there with the best of them. I got mine when I moved into my brand new apartment, and I was pleased as I'd heard good things about Smeg appliances in the past. I wasn't disappointed. The Smeg dishwasher can handle a large load of dirty pots, pans, glasses and cutlery. It's design (2 racks with removable cutlery holder) means that you really can fit everything bar the kitchen sink in there and it fits all the dirty pots, pans and paraphenalia from a full dinner party for six people - ie, a lot!

It is very quiet when it is on, and very reliable. I do find I have to use a good quality dishwashing tablet, as I get poor results from the cheaper ones, but obviously that is a testament to how good the better dishwashing tablets are, not the dishwasher!

There are five wash settings ranging from light to heavy soiling (ie, lasagna dishes, or caked on pans). To be honest I find that setting 4 covers the entire gamut of filthiness I can create, even with my bombsite-kitchen style of cooking (!) and have never needed to use setting 5. The washer gets very very hot, so what I do once it has finished the cycle is open it up and pull out the drawers, as you can't put the clean items away as soon as you've done the wash - they are far too hot, and cool far quicker when the unit is open.

One little flaw is that I really really wish the unit had a self timer - I do set it off in the morning before I go to work but when I get home some nine hours or more later I open up the dishwasher and it can smell a little musty due to all the condensation that builds up and is trapped inside. I have purchased those little plastic scented things you hang inside the washer but they are only good for so long - if it had a timer I could set it off for 4pm when I return at five, for example.

Other than that, I cannot fault this dishwasher at all. I have never had a problem with the build, the reliability or the results. I will keep on buying Smeg without a doubt and certainly advise my friends and family to do the same.

I recently purchased an Indesit D63 dishwasher, as my old dishwasher finally gave up the fight for life! The dishwasher arrived in a few days from QED-uk.com, and the service that I received was very good. The delivery arrived on time and the delivery-men even assisted me in moving my old machine to the front garden for removal.

As to the new Dishwasher itself, it replaced an older Indesit model so I was pretty au fait with the workings of the machine, the installation was simple enough, and it came with a few freebie cleaning tabs enabling me to get started straight away.

Using the machine is very straight forward, the rinse aid and cleaning tab compartments are both very accessible, and easy to use. My only whinge connected with installing the machine is that to load the salt into the container you do need to be a bit of a contortionist, once in place it would be quite difficult for a person of limited movement to refill the salt container. That said however my main complaint is the bottom tray, which in my opinion is totally useless.

My old model had a split tray; half has designed with metal prongs to hold plates vertically, and the second half kept clear and designed to hold pots/pans or any larger items. The new model trays have been redesigned to incorporate the entire lower tray to hold plates only, there is no spare room for larger items. If you do decide to try to wash your pans on the bottom shelf they need to be precariously balanced on the metal prongs intended to hold plates vertically. Stacking pans or larger objects in this way left several items scratched, and the washing performance at best satisfactory!

This is in my opinion the worst re-design that Indesit could have possibly introduced, to the extent that I saved my old tray, took off the new wheels and swapped the bottom tray from my old model, and am now very merrily using that again!

In brief, Indesit D63 would be perfect for someone who does not wash large pans or articles, but has lots of plates!